Ex parte CHESS - Page 9




          Appeal No. 1997-0853                                                        
          Application No. 08/308,076                                                  


          the subject matter defined by appealed claims 14-20, much less              
          why one of ordinary skill in this art would have been led or                
          motivated to modify the Vermeulen business form to provide a                
          structure meeting the terms of the rejected claims.  See the                
          answer at pages 6 and 7, and compare the brief at page 14.                  
               The decision of the examiner is reversed.                              
                                      REVERSED                                        




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          jds/vsh                                                                     






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